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‘Time Travellers’ Gift Exchange’, devised by Ratnadevi, based on ‘Gathering the Gifts of the Ancest

Ratnadevi Holtbernd · Oct 5, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

Language: English

This ritual or game fits in with both the first and the third stages of the Work that Reconnects process: ‘Gratitude’ and ‘Seeing with New Eyes’. It opens us to a sense of wonder and appreciation regarding humans’ discoveries and inventions through the millennia, thus expanding our sense of self.  Who we are and how we lead our lives has arisen in dependence on our ancestors’ curiosity, ingenuity, courage and compassion.  It is also a lot of fun, with room for the unexpected. Read more

Writing from Within the Web of Life

Jolie Elan · Jun 18, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

Language: English

(Adapted from a practice by Sarah Rabkin)
This exercise has three parts. Please read only the instructions for one part at a time.
Read the instructions for part one and do exercise one. Read the instructions for part two and then do exercise two. And so on. If you read ahead, the exercise will not be as powerful. Print this page and take it with you on your adventure. Please fold the page you can only see one part at a time. Read more

Harvesting the Evolutionary Gifts of All Our Ancestors

Silvia Di Blasio · May 18, 2020 · Leave a Comment

Resource Types: Practices (Adapted for online, Deep Time)Online

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The Storytellers Convention

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

Our world view can shift when we stop telling ourselves why something can’t happen.  By vividly envisioning a hoped-for future, we begin to believe that it is really possible.  Enriching this vision with all our senses—imagining colors, shapes, sounds, smells, tastes, facial expressions, and the “feel” of this possible future—activates our creative and intuitive faculties.… Read more

The Seventh Generation

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

(formerly Double Circle) (60 minutes) This deep time ritual allows us to see the Great Turning within a larger time frame, including that of a human being of the 7th Generation in the future, roughly two centuries from the present.  It takes seriously the words of eminent radiologist Sister Rosalie Bertell: “Every being who will… Read more

Letter From the Future

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · 1 Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

(40 minutes) In writing exercise, we identify with a human living on Earth one or two centuries from now and, from that perspective, see our current efforts and receive counsel and encouragement.  It can also be used as a stand-alone practice, or in Going Forth. Molly has used it to begin a retreat focused on… Read more

Audio Recording to the Future

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

(15 to 30 minutes) In facing a particular situation or issue, the act of describing it aloud to future generations heightens appreciation of what is at stake in the long term.  The larger time frame deepens the sense of responsibility, stimulates creativity, and strengthens our resolve. This practice is predominately used at a specific location… Read more

Harvesting the Gifts of the Ancestors

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

by Ann Marie Davis (See Deep Times, August 2017, for a more complete introduction and bio.) Introduction:  When I rewrote “Harvesting the Gifts of the Ancestors,” I tried to not equate human evolution with those who lead the movement toward our current industrial growth society. I believe that people who stayed in Africa or anywhere… Read more

Harvesting the Gifts of the Ancestors

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

(60 minutes) This extended practice connects us vividly with our human past on Earth, and deepens awareness of the strengths it offers us.  The expanses of time, which we enter, remind us that the Industrial Growth Society is a momentary episode– and that, to move beyond it, we can draw on a far larger and… Read more

The Evolutionary Gifts of the Animals

Work That Reconnects · Dec 1, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Resource Type: Practices (Deep Time)

(or the Eco-Milling) Using our own bodies, we learn about our kinship with other life forms, and the debt of gratitude we owe to those who first invented key features of our anatomy. Method This process is usually conducted as a Milling (see Chapter 7), which allows it to be lively as well as instructive.… Read more

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